General Comments:
"I think when I left this group on Saturday I left
with these words; disappointment, excitement, and
disappointment. The reference was that disappointment
was the way in which we started the game, excited was
the way our guys fought back and came back and put
themselves in a position to win, and I was
disappointed about the outcome at the end. Today this
remains the same. I am still disappointed that we
didn't do the things that we wanted to do, which was
first and foremost to win the football game. We have a
new week and a great challenge in front of us and we
are getting ready for that."

On his general thoughts on bringing a player out of
his redshirt year halfway through the season:
"The decision that I will make will be based on what
is best for the player at that time and what is best
for the team. In most cases when you have the
opportunity to redshirt a player by in large in works
better for them with the tremendous growth that they
have in that first year, getting accustomed to the
college experience and collegiate football. In some
cases it is better for the player to be put them in
the game."

On the importance of experience for a quarterback:
"I think that you always need to look at all aspects
of the situation. I keep on saying and it must be
redundant that you must keep in mind what is best for
the individual. It is important to have the player get
some experience, but you want that experience to be a
good experience if at possible."

On Bonnell's injury:
"Bonnells' injury should not be a factor. We
anticipate that he will be ready to go on Tuesday and
that he will be, as we start the week, our starting
quarterback."

On Kenny James' Injury:
"Kenny James we anticipate will be much closer,
obviously the MRIs and the studies taken on his ankle
last week were negative in terms of any breakage, it
was just an ankle sprain. We will see when he is going
to be able to go as close as possible to full speed.
He was eager to go into the ballgame on Saturday, but
we did not think that he was ready as of yet. We
anticipate that come Tuesday that he will be a lot
better and ready to play hopefully by the weekend."

On if Bonnell's injury were more severe, if his backup
quarterback decision would have been different:
"The nature of the injury would have to be more severe
for me to look at it in that way."

On the performance of Carl Bonnell:
"No I think that he felt pretty good. If there is any
down side to Carl is that he is too aggressive, and I
personally like that."

On if Jake is going to redshirt the rest of the
season:
"No, I have not made that decision. But I do feel like
it is very important to keep that redshirt for Jake."

On the situation Jake is in:
"He is in a very difficult situation, because he is
hanging out there in limbo to a certain degree. He
would like to be involved and help our football team
in anyway that he can but at the same time we need to
ensure the best possible situation for him. It is a
very difficult situation for him, a very difficult
situation to practice in, not knowing which direction
that he will go. I think that he has handled it very
well and it is a testament to the type of individual
that he is."

On Jake's attitude regarding the quarterback
situation:
"I feel like he is ready to go and he is willing to
let us make the decision of what is best for him and
the team."

On the play surrounding Bonnell:
"The first thing is, I am very quick to look at all of
the things that surround your play. It is very easy
for coaches and fans or media to say that a
quarterback's performance was not good, because often
times he is the focus. On Saturday there were a lot of
places on the football team that were not good. And a
lot of those places have the opportunity to influence
the play of the quarterback."

On the upcoming games having a lot "at stake":
"There is always a lot at stake, I have yet to be in a
game where there is not a lot at stake. We start at
the place at the place where we always start. First
you must have the right focus coming into the football
game, the next thing we need to make sure that we have
the right preparation and being able to execute our
system well, over the course of the week you reinforce
things like your tackling and blocking. You reinforce
those things to put yourself in the best position to
win. We will be very fundamental in getting our team
ready to play."

On the play of Johnny Durocher:
"I thought that he did okay, I don't label people A,
B, C, or D. In a very difficult situation especially
with the amount of practice time given, I thought that
he did a good job."

On Rankin trying to hit the holes harder:"I don't know if it was counterproductive, but I did
think that he made a conscious effort in being more
forceful in his running style such as hitting the
holes a little bit harder. There were four runs that
had big play potential if we executed some things that
would put him in that position and we just can't do
that."